Guide to Marine Meteorological Services/Руководство по морскому метеорологическому обслуживанию

Издание на английском языке
The book focuses on the importance of meteorological information for the safety and efficient operation of marine industries such as transport and fishing. She discusses historical aspects, including the SOLAS Convention, which requires the provision of weather reports on all sea lanes and fishing grounds. The book also examines modern initiatives such as the World Meteorological and Oceanographic Warnings and Forecasts Service (WWMIWS), which provides uniform warning coverage for ships. Additionally, the IMO Polar Waters Code provides guidance on meteorological and ice services for safe navigation in Arctic conditions. The book serves as a supplement to the Manual on Marine Meteorological Services, describing the requirements for various types of services, justifying agreed methods of their provision and providing recommendations for the establishment and maintenance of meteorological services at sea.

Contents
1. Introduction
2. Marine meteorological services
2.1 General
2.2 Organization of marine meteorological services
2.2.1 General
2.2.2 Marine components of the WMO Integrated Processing and Prediction System
2.2.3 Service evaluation.
2.2.4 Stakeholder engagement
2.2.5 Education and communication with users
2.3 Service design considerations
2.3.1 Information formats
2.3.2 Dissemination options
2.3.3 Consideration of time and area requirements
2.4 User Requirements
2.4.1 General
2.4.2 Provision of marine climatological information
2.4.3 Specialized services
2.5 Requirements for each service element
2.5.1 Wind
2.5.2 Waves
2.5.3 Wave period
2.5.4 Surf and breakers
2.5.5 Visibility
2.5.6 Clouds and precipitation
2.5.7 Thunderstorms and squalls
2.5.8 Air temperature
2.5.9 Sea temperature
2.5.10 Ocean currents
2.5.11 Rip currents
2.5.12 Storm induced water-level changes and seiching
2.5.13 Tides
2.5.14 Ice accretion
2.5.15 Freezing spray
2.5.16 Sea ice
2.5.17 Icebergs
2.5.18 Tropical cyclones
2.5.19 Tsunamis
2.5.20 Humidity
2.5.21 Wind chill
2.6 Requirements for specific users and applications
2.6.1 SOLAS vessels
2.6.2 Non-SOLAS vessels
2.6.3 Fishery operations
2.6.4 Recreational boating
2.6.4.1 General
2.6.4.2 Winds and waves
2.6.4.3 Thunderstorms and squalls
2.6.4.4 Fog
2.6.5 High-speed craft (HSC)
2.6.6 Offshore oil-drilling and mining operations
2.6.6.1 General
2.6.6.2 Operations related to oil-drilling platforms
2.6.6.3 Waves and wind
2.6.6.4 Currents and tides
2.6.6.5 Sea ice and icebergs
2.6.7 Coastal community activities
2.6.7.1 General
2.6.7.2 Wind
2.6.7.3 Storm surges
2.6.7.4 Tsunamis
2.6.7.5 Surf and breakers
2.6.7.6 Rip currents
2.6.8 Pollution of the sea
2.6.9 Power generators and industrial plant cooling systems
2.6.10 Requirements for long-term planning and design information
2.6.11 Fisheries management
2.6.12 Ports
2.6.13 Search and rescue
2.7 International Coordinating Arrangements
2.7.1 General
2.7.2 The WMO Voluntary Observing Ships Scheme
2.7.3 Methods of observation of marine elements
2.7.4 Coordination of marine meteorological broadcasts.
2.7.5 Port meteorological officers
2.8 Worldwide Met-Ocean Information and Warning Service
2.8.1 General
2.8.2 Areas of responsibility
2.8.3 About the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
2.8.4 NAVTEX
2.8.5 Other radio communications
2.8.6 Provision of information by radio facsimile
3. Services for the high seas
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Service Descriptions.
4. Services for coastal, offshore and local areas
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Service Descriptions
4.2.1 Areas and boundaries for bulletins
4.2.2 Content of bulletins
5. Marine meteorological support for marine search and rescue
5.1 General
5.2 Service Requirements.
6. Services in support of the woroldwide navigational warning system
6.1 General
6.2 Service requirements.
7. Services for support of marine environmental emergency response
7.1 General
7.2 Service requirements
8. Training in the field of marine meteorology
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Training principles and procedures
9. Services for marine climatology
9.1 Introduction
9.1.1 General purpose of marine climatology and societal applications
9.1.2 Modernization of the Marine Climatological Summaries Scheme
9.1.3 Introduction to the Marine Climate Data System
9.1.4 Other marine climatology activities
9.2 Best Practices
9.2.1 General guidance
9.2.1.1 Retaining the original data
9.2.1.2 High-resolution and high-accuracy data
9.2.2 General guidance on the application of quality control and monitoring
9.2.3 Metadata: Observational and discovery
9.2.4 Data (and metadata) rescue
9.2.5 Elimination of duplicates and tracking data provenance
9.3 Marine Climate Data System
9.3.1 Marine Climate Data System description
9.3.2 Ship Observations
9.3.3 Data buoys
9.3.4 High-resolution automated systems
9.3.5 Ocean data
9.3.6 Major marine climatology programmes
9.3.6.1 Observational data formats for archival and user access
9.3.6.2 Access to data and products
9.3.7 Application procedure and evaluation process for establishing a centre within the Marine Climate Data System
Appendix 1. Marine Climate Data System Centres (scope, designation and evaluation)
Appendix 2. Multilingual list of common terms used in Marine Meteorological Services
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